October 31, 2011

Cowboys notes

Here are the notes compiled by the Cowboys' public relations department after the game:

Bruce Carter made his NFL debut tonight playing on special teams.

Last week DeMarcoMurray established a club record with 253 rushing yards. He became the ninth Dallas Cowboy to pass the 175 rushing yard mark. His 74 yards tonight represent the sixth-most following a 175-plus yard performance in club history:

175-plus Next Week

Player Yds Opp Date Yds Opp Date

Tony Dorsett 183 @NYG 11/9/80 122 STL 11/16/80

Emmitt Smith 237 @Phi 10/31/93 117 NYG 11/7/93

Tony Dorsett 175 @Bal 12/6/81 101 PHI 12/13/81

Tony Dorsett 206 PHI 12/4/77 92 @SF 12/12/77

Julius Jones 198 @Sea 12/6/04 88 NO 12/12/04

DeMarco Murray 253 STL 10/23/11 74 @Phi 10/30/11

Emmitt Smith 182 @Pho 9/22/91 67 NYG 9/29/91

Troy Hambrick 189 @Was 12/14/03 36 NYG 12/21/03

Julius Jones 194 @Car 12/24/05 35 STL 1/1/06

Laurent Robinson led all Cowboys with 103 receiving yards. It was his second 100-yard effort of the season and the third of his career. He also had his first touchdown as a Dallas Cowboy on a 70-yard reception. It was the second-longest catch of his career behind a74-yard touchdown catch while with Atlanta (at Arizona, 12/23/07).

Tony Romo threw 35 passes tonight to give him 2,322 attempts for his career and pass Don Meredith (2,308) for the fourth-most pass attempts in franchise history:

Player Attempts

Troy Aikman (1989-00) 4,715

Roger Staubach (1969-79) 2,958

Danny White (1976-88) 2,950

Tony Romo (2006-11) 2,322

Don Meredith (1960-68) 2,308

DeMarcus Ware established a career-high with four sacks tonight. His previous high was three which he did seven times in his career. It was his fourth multiple-sack game of the season and 21st of his career. His four sacks gave him 12.0 on the season for the sixth consecutive 10.0+ sack season of his career. Ware’s six straight makes him the fifth defensive player to tally six straight double-digit sack seasons:

Consec. 10+

Player Sack Seasons

Reggie White (1985-93).......... 9

John Randle (1992-99)........... 8

LawrenceTaylor (1984-90)..... 7

Bruce Smith (1992-98)........... 7

DeMarcus Ware (2006-11)..... 6

It was also Ware’s eighth career game with three-or-more sacks, the most in the league since his rookie season (2005):

3.0-or-more

Player Sack games (since 2005)

DeMarcus Ware..................... 8

Julius Peppers........................ 6

Aaron Kampman.................... 4

Shawne Merriman.................. 4

Ware’s four sacks also tie Ed “Too Tall” Jones (vs. N.Y. Giants, 11/2/87) and Charles Haley (at Pittsburgh, 9/4/94) for the second-most sacks in a game in team history. Jim Jeffcoat has the club record with five (at Washington, 11/10/85).

For the season, Ware’s 12.0 sacks through the first seven games of the season are the most in team history. The previous high was his 9.0 through the first seven games in 2008.

Witten’s four catches tonight gave him 40 for the season – his eighth straight season with 40-or-more catches. Witten’s eight tie him with Frank Wycheck for the fourth-most while his eight straight aretied for third: